James 5:5

The Text-Critical English New Testament

You have lived on the earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

Cross References

Luke 16:19

“Now there was a certain rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself each day as he lived lavishly.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in yoʋr lifetime yoʋ received yoʋr good things, and in the same way Lazarus received bad things, but now he is here being comforted, while yoʋ are in agony.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelries and drinking bouts, not in illicit affairs and sensual indulgences, not in strife and jealousy.

1 Timothy 5:6

But she who lives in self-indulgence is dead even while she lives.

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, reckless, puffed up, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

2 Peter 2:13

receiving the wages of unrighteousness. Counting indulgence in the daytime as pleasure, they are stains and blemishes, openly indulging in their deceptions as they feast with you.

Jude 1:12

These men are hidden reefs at your love feasts, feeding themselves as they feast among you without fear. They are clouds without water, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead and uprooted.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same amount of torment and mourning, for in her heart she says, ‘I sit enthroned as a queen; I am not a widow and will never see mourning.’